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Average Long-Term US Mortgage Rate Edges Closer to 7%, Rising to Highest Level Since Early March
BY ALEX VEIGA Updated 3:31 PM CDT, April 11, 2024 LOS ANGELES (AP) — The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate rose to its highest level in five weeks, a setback for…
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Even With Work Permits, Migrants in Shelters Struggle to Find Self-Sustaining Jobs
Sarah Betancourt April 11, 2024 Katya J. and her husband Reginald Louis came to the United States last year, via Chile, after fleeing their native Haiti in 2017 with two…
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Arizona Supreme Court Rules a Near-Total Abortion Ban From 1864 is Enforceable
The ruling is on hold for 14 days, and voters will likely have a chance to weigh in on a ballot measure to enshrine abortion rights in the state’s constitution…
Read MoreHuman Trafficking: Multi-Agency Operation Results in Over 100 Arrests, Scottsdale PD Say
By Kenneth Wong Updated February 15, 2024 5:49pm MST SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Officials with the Scottsdale Police Department announced on Feb. 14 that an operation targeting human trafficking resulted in 158 arrests. In a statement,…
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VET TEC Update: The Pilot Program Concludes this April
April 1, 2024 Terry Warren Management Analyst, VBA Education Service VA’s highly sought after five-year pilot program—Veteran Employment Through Technology Education Courses (VET TEC)—is coming to an end this April.…
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VA Calls for Applicants for Specially Adapted Housing Assistive Technology Grant
March 27, 2024 Craig Coleman Public Affairs Specialist, VBA Office of Strategic Engagement VA is calling for applicants for the 2024 Specially Adapted Housing Assistive Technology grant. Since 2016, assistive technology grants…
Read MoreVA Sets All-Time Record for Benefits Delivered to Women Veterans
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 21, 2024 WASHINGTON —Today, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced that it is delivering disability compensation benefits to a record number of women Veterans. Right now, 702,557…
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A filing from the Ohio’s attorney general says the law banning nearly all abortions is now invalid after Issue 1 passed
By: Samantha Hendrickson On April 2, 2024 COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A 2019 law banning most abortions in Ohio is unconstitutional following an abortion referendum last year, the state’s…
Read MoreExpect more challenges to Ohio’s abortion laws from the new constitutional amendment
By Jo Ingles On April 4, 2024 COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — News of a lawsuit challenging some state abortion laws came down last Friday. And supporters of abortion rights…
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